This is a great cookbook for anyone starting a plant based diet. The author gives you amazing four week meal plans so you know what to eat for each meal, which I would have found enormously helpful when I started my journey. And she builds in leftovers, so no cooking for every meal! There are also some great looking recipes, but not enough pictures - never enough food pictures! The recipes are all made with simple ingredients that I think most people won't have trouble finding.

I did not read this book through an educator lens.

High-Protein Plant Based Diet for Beginners by Maya A. Howard was a great starting cookbook for those transitioning to this lifestyle. The beginning information with how much protein, how to eat on. budget and the weekly meal plans with the day by day prepping was really good. For the recipes, I would have liked to see some more original recipes and photography to go along with more of the recipes. Photography makes or breaks meal planning in my house when it comes to healthier meal options.

This is a really well done recipe book reflecting the Whole Food Plant Based Diet! I highly recommend!

If you are like me, and you are experimenting with ways to increase plant-based meals and decrease meat consumption, read this book. It is well prepared , including great recipes throughout. Perhaps, more impressive though, taking the book to the next level, is the weekly planner incorporating meals and leftovers to ensure the best investment of time and decrease waste. I highly recommend!

Great introductory guide to those looking to change up their eating habits and move to a plant heavy diet.
Finding protein other than the junk protein or other types of processed protein this book will guide you.

High-Protein Plant-Based Diet for Beginners - the title really says it all! This is a good guide for those who are new to plant-based diets and want more information on making the switch in a healthy and nutritious way. Basic recipes with ideas for creating shopping lists and details on why this type of diet is good for you. There isn't a lot of new information, but the recipes are easy to follow. I'd like to see more photos in the finished product.

Thank you to Zeitgeist and NetGalley for this ARC.

This was really well written and presented. It was easy to follow for some one that is starting to experiment with plant diet.

I was given an advance copy by netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely my own

High-Protein Plant-Based Diet for Beginners: Quick and Easy Recipes for Everyday Meals by Maya A. Howard is a new cookbook that I am really excited about. This new cookbook releases on September 21, 2021.The first recipe that I made from it was the Chickpea Tortilla Soup and it was so easy and delicious plus full of protein. Thank you to Netgalley for this review copy.

Wonderful title! Not only does this book explain the "why" of plant-based, it gives menus, shopping lists, and recipes. My only complaint was the calorie count. The meals are easily prepared with accessible ingredients, but often high in calories. Overall, it's a great start to someone looking to begin a plant based diet.

A Great Introduction to Plant-Based Cooking

The High-Protein Plant-Based Diet for Beginners is an excellent introduction to plant-based meal planning and cooking. This cookbook offers a helpful guide to common plant-based foods to have on hand in the kitchen, a vital resource for anyone transitioning from a more traditional, meat-based diet and learning about nutritional yeast and the various types of seeds you can eat. The recipes provided here also offer exciting options for new plant-based eaters with easy-to-digest ingredient lists and instructions. My favorite recipe so far is the Ancient Grains Breakfast Bowl with caramelized bananas. It takes about 20 minutes to cook, but the prep is very simple and I already had all the ingredients for this bowl in my pantry¬—evidence that the book really does rely on pantry staples more than hard-to-find specialty ingredients. I also made the Black Bean Fudge Brownies with on-hand ingredients, and I loved them crumbled up as a topping on a smoothie bowl.

I also appreciate that Howard has written most of these recipes for 1-2 servings with the option to double and triple them. When I first became a plant-based eater, I did it while single and living on my own. It was a wonderful growing experience for me, but I definitely found myself avoiding a cookbook full of recipes for 4–8 servings since I’m not the biggest fan of leftovers. This book is perfect for making just enough food, and the recipes are easy to double if you want leftovers or have a loved one to feed. Finally, the four-week meal plan and grocery list are so helpful! I wish every cookbook came with these features. Especially when trying new foods and new recipes, it can be difficult to buy lots of ingredients without some of them going bad. But Howard’s clear meal plan puts the entire grocery list to use and gets the hard work out of the way so you can just enjoy cooking. Plus it’s a very affordable cookbook! I definitely recommend and will probably be buying a copy for my plant-based eating sister.

A cookbook for the meat hesitant! The recipes are well organized, and ingredient easy to find. Beautiful photography, and plenty of variety in this health and planet conscious book!

Thank you to Zeitgeist and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.

Pros:
+The book lists and describes the benefits of a plant-based diet in detail
+It includes a 4-week meal plan with recipes
+There's a shopping list for each week!
+Leftovers are included in the menu - such a time-saver!
+Prep-ahead steps are included when necessary

Cons:
-Needs a lot more photos
-Many of the recipes didn't seem very appetizing

overall a decent Plant Based Diet book.
It gives a lot of information which I liked, but that was the main part that stood out for me, the information.
Good for people who don't know much about how to eat Plant Based and making sure you get all the nutritions you need, but for experienced Plant Based eaters it's not really a special book

I really liked the concept and layout of this book. It was really clear and had useful layouts and tips for shopping.

I would have liked to see more photos throughout and the recipes weren't anything particularly new. Nothing stood out or grabbed me unfortunately.

Overall a nice book, thank you for the arc.

I have only had this book for a couple of days but I devoured it. I am certainly not a person who will on eat plant based foods but I do like to eat more plant foods to balance out a health meal plan.

This book had so much information about the different types of plant foods and how to use them. The recipes are great and easy so you can pick up the book and cook something quite easily. It also helps to plan your meals and plan your shopping. It is such a user friendly book that anyone can use in order to get more plant foods into your diet.

I enjoyed it and will be re-reading it so that I can absorb all the information and try as many recipes as I can.

Thank you and love it.

Lots of great tips for starting out. Good meal plan and easy to follow recipes. Wish there were more illustrations, I like to see that my creation resembles the actual recipe. The Berbere-spiced chili was very good. I also liked the pineapple fried rice. The chia berry jam was a hit with the family, I used fresh blackberries and it was delish!

I have been wanting to work meatless Monday's into our cooking plan and while that is not a huge commitment, I am newer to using recipes without meat and thought I could use this book for inspiration and it definitely did inspire! While I personally won't be using the planner with each days meals, I think that so many people really need that if going into a diet full on and appreciated how thorough it was. My favorite section was the soups and I am excited to try some this fall especially the New England chickpea chowder!

Some great recipes but disappointed by the lack of photos. I love recipe books with a photo next to it. The instructions were not always clear and some of the ingredients are difficult to source in a supermarket.

Very educational and helpful for a beginner wanting to start on a high protein diet. I am not a vegan/vegetarian but I count my calories and watch what I eat. I love learning about new recipes and this definitely has a bunch! It starts with an introduction with informative material on benefits of a high protein diet, foods that are rich in such and also provides education based on your own needs. It also gives tips on how to do meal preps to make it so much easier for your lifestyle. I would recommend this to any body who would like to start on a plant based diet.

I got just right book for my diet plan and healthy eating but Instead of the measurements in ounces it should have been in cups or spoons like normally.

This cookbook is very thorough in explaining everything for a protein rich, plant based diet, including a one month meal plan, grocery list as well as easy to read instructions on how to get the right amount of protein and other valuable nutrients.

This book is helpful to the seasoned cook as well as the brand new cook, giving good information on proper cooking tools, how to set up a pantry and easy to read recipes that use easy to obtain ingredients.

I was a beginner vegetarian many years ago who got sidetracked when I met my husband who announced, “I need meat” about a month into our courtship 😀 So now that we are getting older, I may be able to convince him of the healthful benefits of adding more vegetarian dishes to our diet.

I am preordering this cookbook since it does all the work for me aside from the actual shopping, cooking and eating and the recipes sound delicious.

My only complaint is that there aren’t enough pictures of the recipes which I find inspirational and gives me a guideline on what my attempt should look like. Other than that, this is an easy 4 stars.

Thank you to Netgalley, Zeitgeist Publishing, and Maya Howard for this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.